tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20712241.post4504343003616022032..comments2023-11-05T07:46:15.331-05:00Comments on All Things Shea: Combination Knitting QuagmiresSheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11105205358986222684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20712241.post-33272944956342666262007-11-09T08:41:00.000-05:002007-11-09T08:41:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments! I love oftroy too! And ...Thanks for the comments! I love oftroy too! And I am definitely not sorry I asked! Perhaps my word choice could have been better. I know my style is different, not wrong. Just different or strange in the eyes of the U.S. folks. I'll try and do better next time, I promise! :)Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105205358986222684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20712241.post-91369799699414286452007-11-09T08:34:00.000-05:002007-11-09T08:34:00.000-05:00*sigh* I love OfTroy.....This article is fabulous...*sigh* I love OfTroy.....<BR/><BR/>This article is fabulous. I don't think I've ever deen combo-knitting defined so nicely. I have to echo OfTroy that the finished product is what counts. I have never been able to knit from a pattern. I only use them as starting boards, but I usually end up with something close, and it's always something I love.Erynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17955101335485817472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20712241.post-33053505496431686972007-11-08T23:36:00.000-05:002007-11-08T23:36:00.000-05:00GRRrr..combo knitting isn't wrong.. its just not t...GRRrr..<BR/><BR/>combo knitting isn't wrong.. its just not the commonest style knitting in ENGLISH SPEAKING countries (and western european countries.)<BR/><BR/>WORLD WIDE is VERY COMMON.. but world wide, most knitter don't use written pattern to learn to knit or to knit things! world wide, knitter s knit with out being literate.<BR/><BR/>there are rants against history complaints that is all about DEAD WHITE MEN.. well i rant when PROPER KNITTING is defined as THE WAY A BUNCH (but not all!) EUROPEANS KNIT. <BR/><BR/>Sure germans and the French knit in the same style as all the british isles, but Greeks, and Slav's, and Latvians, and Lithuanians, and russians and whole bunch of other eastern europeans knit in the combo style.. and so do some spanards, and the portuguese and lots of people who live in places where spanish or portugues is spoken!<BR/><BR/>POSSATIVE REFRAIM:<BR/>You knit, in an international style, (and live in western european centric world!) and you are surround by those, who are so used to being in charge, they think they can define PROPER KNITTING. <BR/><BR/>When, in reality, Knitting is measured not by process, (how you hold needle, or what kind of needles or other process details.) but by the finished product..<BR/><BR/>you know how to create finished products that are second to none!<BR/><BR/>More over, your process has taught you things.. that you are capable, and that you can accomplish things, even when hampered by being surround by those with tunnel vision, who want to make up rules, and dictate every little thing.. and think they have the power to do this.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the pen is mighty sceptor than the sword, but all the words in the world are going to change how you knit!<BR/><BR/>You have the power to govern yourself, and your knitting, you have POWER TO.. when others want POWER OVER. and with each stitch you knit, you are taking a stand to be your self, to live by your own rules.. <BR/><BR/>YOU KNIT, and by knitting you create.<BR/>YOU KNIT, and each stitch is small testiment to your self will, and empowerment..<BR/><BR/>(damn that's good, I'm going to publish this little essay on my own blog!)<BR/><BR/>i hope you're not sorry about asking now!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396678842259578953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20712241.post-1825717964606065882007-11-08T20:50:00.000-05:002007-11-08T20:50:00.000-05:00I don't change my knitting all that much from proj...I don't change my knitting all that much from project to project. I'm way to lazy of a knitter for that. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for explaining combo knitting. I always wondered what that meant...Chicklithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604928112535491961noreply@blogger.com